im Spiel - es fantasiert im generierten Artikel und die automatische Übersetzung helft auch nicht, denn es ist tatsächlich eine Änderung des bestehenden Kredits den Adaptimmune im letzten Jahr als Reaktion auf die ausfallenden Zahlungen von Genentech via TD Cowen mit dem Hercules Konsortium vereinbart hat. Bei den Zahlungen handelt es sich um vorzeitige Zurückzahlungen an Hercules und nicht um neue Kreditlinien. Das Ganze ist nur positiv, wenn diese Zurückzahlung langfristig durch hereinkommende andere Finanzierungen ersetzt werden kann, bevor Adaptimmune das Geld ausgeht.
Schwerwiegender sind die Spekulationen, warum Adaptimmune überhaupt vorzeitig zurückzahlt: möglicherweise wollte man damit nur einer Rückforderung des kompletten Kredits zuvorkommen. Bestimmte Klauseln des Originalvertrages könnten im Falle einer erfolgreichen MD Anderson Klage auf > $20 Millionen Schadensersatz zu einer solchen unmittelbaren Vertragsverletzung und Rückforderung führen. Gleichzeitig mit der Zahlung der geforderten Summen sowie einer möglichen Strafzahlung / Gerichtsgebühren etc. und den aktuell verbleibenden $25 Millionen Kredit + Zinsen / Gebühren würden direkt zu einem Bankrott führen, wenn es keine neuen Kredit-/Dealvereinbarungen gibt, die dann einspringen. Daran sollte das Adaptimmune Management und auf der Finanzseite TD Cowen mit absolutem Hochdruck arbeiten und Lösungen präsentieren.
Eine andere Erklärung könnte die Gefahr des Delisting an der NASDAQ zum Ende des Monats sein, wenn der Kurs nicht für mindestens 10 Tage hintereinander auf über 1$ steigt. In diesem Falle wäre Adaptimmune gezwungen, eine Gnadenfrist von weiteren 180 Tagen anzufordern und müsste dazu alle Anforderungen für ein Listing ausserhalb des Mindestpreises erfüllen, was möglicherweise mit den Schulden und der Belastung durch die Gerichtsstreitigkeiten nicht mehr gegeben wäre.
Adaptimmune beschreibt diese Risiken im aktuellen Jahresbericht auch auch sehr konkret als: Zum Hercules Kredit (Seite F-9) "... Based on the Company’s current cash and cash equivalents, anticipated cash outflows for operating and financing activities and likely cash inflows from customers, Management does not believe that the Company’s existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to fund its operating activities (including in relation to its obligations arising under the Loan Agreement) for at least the next 12 months from the filing date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. As detailed further in Note 16, the Company is also subject to certain financial covenants under its Loan Agreement with Hercules Capital, including the maintenance of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities to certain levels. If the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities fall below certain levels specified in the Hercules Capital Loan Agreement, this would result in a breach of the Company’s financial covenants (as set out in Note 16). If the covenants with Hercules Capital are breached, then Hercules Capital may call in some or all of the outstanding principal (together with early repayment charge). The Company may have insufficient funds to repay the required amounts at the time that the amount becomes due despite having agreed to pre-pay $25 million of existing loan under the Loan Agreement. ... "
Zum Verlust des NASDAQ Listings (Seite 72): " ... We may not be able to maintain compliance with the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq.
Our American Depository Shares (ADSs) are listed on Nasdaq. In order to maintain that listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other requirements including, without limitation, a requirement that our closing bid price must not fall below $1.00 per ADS for 30 consecutive business days. On November 1, 2024, we received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq’s Listing Rule 5450(a)(1), because the minimum bid price of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) had been below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days (the “Notice”). The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s ADSs on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.
In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has 180 calendar days, or until April 30, 2025, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Company’s ADSs must be at least $1.00 per ADS for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during this 180 calendar day grace period, unless Nasdaq exercises its discretion to extend this ten-day period. In the event the Company does not regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement by April 30, 2025, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period if it elects to transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market. To qualify, the Company would be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the minimum bid price requirement, and would need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the bid price deficiency during the second compliance period. However, if it appears to Nasdaq’s staff that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency or if the Company is otherwise not eligible, Nasdaq would notify the Company that its securities would be subject to delisting. The Company may appeal any such determination to delist its securities, but there can be no assurance that any such appeal would be successful.
The Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of its ADSs and assess potential actions to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement or that we will otherwise maintain compliance with other Nasdaq listing requirements. If we fail to regain and maintain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement or to meet the other applicable continued listing requirements in the future and Nasdaq decides to delist our ADSs, the delisting could adversely affect the market price and liquidity of our ADSs, reduce our ability to raise additional capital and result in operational challenges and damage to investor relations and market reputation.
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Dieser Risiken, die zum Totalverlust des Invests führen können, muss man sich hier natürlich bewusst sein, insbesondere in den aktuellen Zeiten unsicherer US-Politik.
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